Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
An operator shall:
(1)Provide handwashing and bathing facilities
adequate for the maximum capacity of the TWH according to Table 1 of WAC
246-358-029.
(2) Meet the following general requirements
for all handwashing and bathing facilities:
(a)Provide cleanable, nonabsorbent waste
containers;
(b) Provide all
showers, baths, or shower rooms with screened floor drains, to remove
wastewater;
(c)Maintain fixtures
and drains in good working order;
(d)Separate showers with partitions or walls.
(i) Partitions and walls must ensure privacy
and be smooth, cleanable, and nonabsorbent.
(ii) For a bathing facility constructed or
approved for construction under chapter 246-359 WAC before January 1, 2016,
partitions or walls are required by January 1, 2017.
(e)All showers separated by partitions must
ensure privacy.
(3)Meet
the following requirements for common facilities:
(a)One handwash sink for every six occupants.
Of these handwash sinks, locate one handwash sink adjacent to each
toilet;
(b)Provide one showerhead
for every ten occupants;
(c)Provide
one "service sink" in each building used for common laundry, hand washing, or
bathing;
(d)Provide sloped, coved
floors of nonslip impervious materials with floor drains;
(e) Shower and bathing facilities must
provide privacy from the opposite sex and the public;
(f)Maintain common bathing and hand-washing
facilities in a clean and sanitary condition, cleaned at least daily;
and
(g)Bathing and shower
facilities be available at all times during operation of the TWH.
(4) Meet the following
requirements for family shelters:
(a)At least
one handwash sink per family shelter. If an operator provides a family shelter
with a toilet, the handwash sink must be located in the toilet room or
immediately adjacent to the toilet room; and
(b)Request occupants of family shelters to
maintain bathing and handwashing facilities in a clean and sanitary
condition.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.114A.065 and
70.114A.110. 00-06-082, §
246-358-095, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW
70.54.110. 96-02-014, § 246-358-095, filed 12/21/95, effective 1/1/96;
93-03-032 (Order 326B), § 246-358-095, filed 1/12/93, effective 2/12/93;
92-04-082 (Order 242B), § 246-358-095, filed 2/5/92, effective 3/7/92.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
as § 246-358-095, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; 88-10-027 (Order
309), § 248-63-095, filed 5/2/88.
